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<h1><a href="compute_v1.html">Compute Engine API</a> . <a href="compute_v1.instances.html">instances</a></h1>
<h2>Instance Methods</h2>
<p class="toc_element">
  <code><a href="#addAccessConfig">addAccessConfig(project, zone, instance, networkInterface, body)</a></code></p>
<p class="firstline">Adds an access config to an instance's network interface.</p>
<p class="toc_element">
  <code><a href="#aggregatedList">aggregatedList(project, maxResults=None, pageToken=None, filter=None)</a></code></p>
<p class="firstline">A description of how to use this function</p>
<p class="toc_element">
  <code><a href="#aggregatedList_next">aggregatedList_next(previous_request, previous_response)</a></code></p>
<p class="firstline">Retrieves the next page of results.</p>
<p class="toc_element">
  <code><a href="#attachDisk">attachDisk(project, zone, instance, body)</a></code></p>
<p class="firstline">Attaches a Disk resource to an instance.</p>
<p class="toc_element">
  <code><a href="#delete">delete(project, zone, instance)</a></code></p>
<p class="firstline">Deletes the specified Instance resource. For more information, see Shutting down an instance.</p>
<p class="toc_element">
  <code><a href="#deleteAccessConfig">deleteAccessConfig(project, zone, instance, accessConfig, networkInterface)</a></code></p>
<p class="firstline">Deletes an access config from an instance's network interface.</p>
<p class="toc_element">
  <code><a href="#detachDisk">detachDisk(project, zone, instance, deviceName)</a></code></p>
<p class="firstline">Detaches a disk from an instance.</p>
<p class="toc_element">
  <code><a href="#get">get(project, zone, instance)</a></code></p>
<p class="firstline">Returns the specified instance resource.</p>
<p class="toc_element">
  <code><a href="#getSerialPortOutput">getSerialPortOutput(project, zone, instance)</a></code></p>
<p class="firstline">Returns the specified instance's serial port output.</p>
<p class="toc_element">
  <code><a href="#insert">insert(project, zone, body)</a></code></p>
<p class="firstline">Creates an instance resource in the specified project using the data included in the request.</p>
<p class="toc_element">
  <code><a href="#list">list(project, zone, maxResults=None, pageToken=None, filter=None)</a></code></p>
<p class="firstline">Retrieves the list of instance resources contained within the specified zone.</p>
<p class="toc_element">
  <code><a href="#list_next">list_next(previous_request, previous_response)</a></code></p>
<p class="firstline">Retrieves the next page of results.</p>
<p class="toc_element">
  <code><a href="#reset">reset(project, zone, instance)</a></code></p>
<p class="firstline">Performs a hard reset on the instance.</p>
<p class="toc_element">
  <code><a href="#setDiskAutoDelete">setDiskAutoDelete(project, zone, instance, autoDelete, deviceName)</a></code></p>
<p class="firstline">Sets the auto-delete flag for a disk attached to an instance.</p>
<p class="toc_element">
  <code><a href="#setMetadata">setMetadata(project, zone, instance, body)</a></code></p>
<p class="firstline">Sets metadata for the specified instance to the data included in the request.</p>
<p class="toc_element">
  <code><a href="#setScheduling">setScheduling(project, zone, instance, body)</a></code></p>
<p class="firstline">Sets an instance's scheduling options.</p>
<p class="toc_element">
  <code><a href="#setTags">setTags(project, zone, instance, body)</a></code></p>
<p class="firstline">Sets tags for the specified instance to the data included in the request.</p>
<p class="toc_element">
  <code><a href="#start">start(project, zone, instance)</a></code></p>
<p class="firstline">This method starts an instance that was stopped using the using the instances().stop method. For more information, see Restart an instance.</p>
<p class="toc_element">
  <code><a href="#stop">stop(project, zone, instance)</a></code></p>
<p class="firstline">This method stops a running instance, shutting it down cleanly, and allows you to restart the instance at a later time. Stopped instances do not incur per-minute, virtual machine usage charges while they are stopped, but any resources that the virtual machine is using, such as persistent disks and static IP addresses,will continue to be charged until they are deleted. For more information, see Stopping an instance.</p>
<h3>Method Details</h3>
<div class="method">
    <code class="details" id="addAccessConfig">addAccessConfig(project, zone, instance, networkInterface, body)</code>
  <pre>Adds an access config to an instance's network interface.

Args:
  project: string, Project ID for this request. (required)
  zone: string, The name of the zone for this request. (required)
  instance: string, The instance name for this request. (required)
  networkInterface: string, The name of the network interface to add to this instance. (required)
  body: object, The request body. (required)
    The object takes the form of:

{ # An access configuration attached to an instance's network interface.
  "kind": "compute#accessConfig", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#accessConfig for access configs.
  "type": "ONE_TO_ONE_NAT", # The type of configuration. The default and only option is ONE_TO_ONE_NAT.
  "name": "A String", # Name of this access configuration.
  "natIP": "A String", # An external IP address associated with this instance. Specify an unused static external IP address available to the project or leave this field undefined to use an IP from a shared ephemeral IP address pool. If you specify a static external IP address, it must live in the same region as the zone of the instance.
}


Returns:
  An object of the form:

    { # An operation resource, used to manage asynchronous API requests.
    "targetId": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique target ID which identifies a particular incarnation of the target.
    "clientOperationId": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional identifier specified by the client when the mutation was initiated. Must be unique for all operation resources in the project
    "creationTimestamp": "A String", # [Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
    "id": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
    "zone": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the zone where the operation resides.
    "operationType": "A String", # [Output Only] Type of the operation, such as insert, update, and delete.
    "httpErrorMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as NOT FOUND.
    "progress": 42, # [Output Only] An optional progress indicator that ranges from 0 to 100. There is no requirement that this be linear or support any granularity of operations. This should not be used to guess at when the operation will be complete. This number should be monotonically increasing as the operation progresses.
    "httpErrorStatusCode": 42, # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as 404.
    "statusMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.
    "status": "A String", # [Output Only] Status of the operation. Can be one of the following: PENDING, RUNNING, or DONE.
    "insertTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "warnings": [ # [Output Only] If warning messages are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      {
        "message": "A String", # [Output Only] Optional human-readable details for this warning.
        "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The warning type identifier for this warning.
        "data": [ # [Output Only] Metadata for this warning in key: value format.
          {
            "value": "A String", # [Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.
            "key": "A String", # [Output Only] A key for the warning data.
          },
        ],
      },
    ],
    "user": "A String", # [Output Only] User who requested the operation, for example: user@example.com.
    "startTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "kind": "compute#operation", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#Operation for Operation resources.
    "name": "A String", # [Output Only] Name of the resource.
    "region": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the region where the operation resides. Only applicable for regional resources.
    "error": { # [Output Only] If errors are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      "errors": [ # [Output Only] The array of errors encountered while processing this operation.
        {
          "message": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional, human-readable error message.
          "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The error type identifier for this error.
          "location": "A String", # [Output Only] Indicates the field in the request which caused the error. This property is optional.
        },
      ],
    },
    "endTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was completed. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server defined URL for the resource.
    "targetLink": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the resource the operation is mutating.
  }</pre>
</div>

<div class="method">
    <code class="details" id="aggregatedList">aggregatedList(project, maxResults=None, pageToken=None, filter=None)</code>
  <pre>A description of how to use this function

Args:
  project: string, Project ID for this request. (required)
  maxResults: integer, Optional. Maximum count of results to be returned. Maximum value is 500 and default value is 500.
  pageToken: string, Optional. Tag returned by a previous list request truncated by maxResults. Used to continue a previous list request.
  filter: string, Optional. Filter expression for filtering listed resources.

Returns:
  An object of the form:

    {
    "nextPageToken": "A String", # [Output Only] A token used to continue a truncated list request.
    "items": { # [Output Only] A map of scoped instance lists.
      "a_key": { # Name of the scope containing this set of instances.
        "instances": [ # [Output Only] List of instances contained in this scope.
          { # An Instance resource.
            "status": "A String", # [Output Only] The status of the instance. One of the following values: PROVISIONING, STAGING, RUNNING, STOPPING, STOPPED, TERMINATED.
            "kind": "compute#instance", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#instance for instances.
            "canIpForward": True or False, # Allows this instance to send and receive packets with non-matching destination or source IPs. This is required if you plan to use this instance to forward routes. For more information, see Enabling IP Forwarding.
            "description": "A String", # An optional textual description of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created.
            "zone": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the zone where the instance resides.
            "tags": { # A set of instance tags. # A list of tags to appy to this instance. Tags are used to identify valid sources or targets for network firewalls and are specified by the client during instance creation. The tags can be later modified by the setTags method. Each tag within the list must comply with RFC1035.
              "items": [ # An array of tags. Each tag must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035.
                "A String",
              ],
              "fingerprint": "A String", # Specifies a fingerprint for this request, which is essentially a hash of the metadata's contents and used for optimistic locking. The fingerprint is initially generated by Compute Engine and changes after every request to modify or update metadata. You must always provide an up-to-date fingerprint hash in order to update or change metadata.
                  #
                  # To see the latest fingerprint, make get() request to the instance.
            },
            "disks": [ # Array of disks associated with this instance. Persistent disks must be created before you can assign them.
              { # An instance-attached disk resource.
                "deviceName": "A String", # Specifies a unique device name of your choice that is reflected into the /dev/ tree of a Linux operating system running within the instance. This name can be used to reference the device for mounting, resizing, and so on, from within the instance.
                    #
                    # If not specified, the server chooses a default device name to apply to this disk, in the form persistent-disks-x, where x is a number assigned by Google Compute Engine. This field is only applicable for persistent disks.
                "kind": "compute#attachedDisk", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#attachedDisk for attached disks.
                "initializeParams": { # [Input Only] Specifies the parameters for a new disk that will be created alongside the new instance. Use initialization parameters to create boot disks or local SSDs attached to the new instance. # [Input Only] Specifies the parameters for a new disk that will be created alongside the new instance. Use initialization parameters to create boot disks or local SSDs attached to the new instance.
                    #
                    # This property is mutually exclusive with the source property; you can only define one or the other, but not both.
                    #
                    # This property is mutually exclusive with the source property; you can only define one or the other, but not both.
                  "diskSizeGb": "A String", # Specifies the size of the disk in base-2 GB.
                  "diskName": "A String", # Specifies the disk name. If not specified, the default is to use the name of the instance.
                  "sourceImage": "A String", # A source image used to create the disk. You can provide a private (custom) image, and Compute Engine will use the corresponding image from your project. For example:
                      #
                      # global/images/my-private-image
                      #
                      # Or you can provide an image from a publicly-available project. For example, to use a Debian image from the debian-cloud project, make sure to include the project in the URL:
                      #
                      # projects/debian-cloud/global/images/debian-7-wheezy-vYYYYMMDD
                      #
                      # where vYYYYMMDD is the image version. The fully-qualified URL will also work in both cases.
                  "diskType": "A String", # Specifies the disk type to use to create the instance. If not specified, the default is pd-standard, specified using the full URL. For example:
                      #
                      # https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/zones/zone/diskTypes/pd-standard
                      #
                      # Other values include pd-ssd and local-ssd. If you define this field, you can provide either the full or partial URL. For example, the following are valid values:
                      # - https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/zones/zone/diskTypes/diskType
                      # - projects/project/zones/zone/diskTypes/diskType
                      # - zones/zone/diskTypes/diskType
                },
                "autoDelete": True or False, # Specifies whether the disk will be auto-deleted when the instance is deleted (but not when the disk is detached from the instance).
                "index": 42, # Assigns a zero-based index to this disk, where 0 is reserved for the boot disk. For example, if you have many disks attached to an instance, each disk would have a unique index number. If not specified, the server will choose an appropriate value.
                "boot": True or False, # Indicates that this is a boot disk. The virtual machine will use the first partition of the disk for its root filesystem.
                "licenses": [ # [Output Only] Any valid publicly visible licenses.
                  "A String",
                ],
                "mode": "A String", # The mode in which to attach this disk, either READ_WRITE or READ_ONLY. If not specified, the default is to attach the disk in READ_WRITE mode.
                "interface": "A String",
                "type": "A String", # Specifies the type of the disk, either SCRATCH or PERSISTENT. If not specified, the default is PERSISTENT.
                "source": "A String", # Specifies a valid partial or full URL to an existing Persistent Disk resource. This field is only applicable for persistent disks.
              },
            ],
            "name": "A String", # Name of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035. Specifically, the name must be 1-63 characters long and match the regular expression [a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])? which means the first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following characters must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit, except the last character, which cannot be a dash.
            "statusMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional, human-readable explanation of the status.
            "scheduling": { # Sets the scheduling options for an Instance. # Scheduling options for this instance.
              "automaticRestart": True or False, # Specifies whether the instance should be automatically restarted if it is terminated by Compute Engine (not terminated by a user).
              "onHostMaintenance": "A String", # Defines the maintenance behavior for this instance. The default behavior is MIGRATE. For more information, see Setting maintenance behavior.
            },
            "machineType": "A String", # Full or partial URL of the machine type resource to use for this instance. This is provided by the client when the instance is created. For example, the following is a valid partial url:
                #
                # zones/zone/machineTypes/machine-type
            "serviceAccounts": [ # A list of service accounts, with their specified scopes, authorized for this instance. Service accounts generate access tokens that can be accessed through the metadata server and used to authenticate applications on the instance. See Authenticating from Google Compute Engine for more information.
              { # A service account.
                "scopes": [ # The list of scopes to be made available for this service account.
                  "A String",
                ],
                "email": "A String", # Email address of the service account.
              },
            ],
            "networkInterfaces": [ # An array of configurations for this interface. This specifies how this interface is configured to interact with other network services, such as connecting to the internet.
              { # A network interface resource attached to an instance.
                "accessConfigs": [ # An array of configurations for this interface. Currently, <codeONE_TO_ONE_NAT is the only access config supported. If there are no accessConfigs specified, then this instance will have no external internet access.
                  { # An access configuration attached to an instance's network interface.
                    "kind": "compute#accessConfig", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#accessConfig for access configs.
                    "type": "ONE_TO_ONE_NAT", # The type of configuration. The default and only option is ONE_TO_ONE_NAT.
                    "name": "A String", # Name of this access configuration.
                    "natIP": "A String", # An external IP address associated with this instance. Specify an unused static external IP address available to the project or leave this field undefined to use an IP from a shared ephemeral IP address pool. If you specify a static external IP address, it must live in the same region as the zone of the instance.
                  },
                ],
                "networkIP": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional IPV4 internal network address assigned to the instance for this network interface.
                "name": "A String", # [Output Only] The name of the network interface, generated by the server. For network devices, these are eth0, eth1, etc.
                "network": "A String", # URL of the network resource for this instance. This is required for creating an instance but optional when creating a firewall rule. If not specified when creating a firewall rule, the default network is used:
                    #
                    # global/networks/default
                    #
                    # If you specify this property, you can specify the network as a full or partial URL. For example, the following are all valid URLs:
                    # - https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/global/networks/network
                    # - projects/project/global/networks/network
                    # - global/networks/default
              },
            ],
            "creationTimestamp": "A String", # [Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
            "id": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
            "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server defined URL for this resource.
            "metadata": { # A metadata key/value entry. # The metadata key/value pairs assigned to this instance. This includes custom metadata and predefined keys.
              "items": [ # Array of key/value pairs. The total size of all keys and values must be less than 512 KB.
                {
                  "value": "A String", # Value for the metadata entry. These are free-form strings, and only have meaning as interpreted by the image running in the instance. The only restriction placed on values is that their size must be less than or equal to 32768 bytes.
                  "key": "A String", # Key for the metadata entry. Keys must conform to the following regexp: [a-zA-Z0-9-_]+, and be less than 128 bytes in length. This is reflected as part of a URL in the metadata server. Additionally, to avoid ambiguity, keys must not conflict with any other metadata keys for the project.
                },
              ],
              "kind": "compute#metadata", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#metadata for metadata.
              "fingerprint": "A String", # Specifies a fingerprint for this request, which is essentially a hash of the metadata's contents and used for optimistic locking. The fingerprint is initially generated by Compute Engine and changes after every request to modify or update metadata. You must always provide an up-to-date fingerprint hash in order to update or change metadata.
            },
          },
        ],
        "warning": { # [Output Only] Informational warning which replaces the list of instances when the list is empty.
          "message": "A String", # [Output Only] Optional human-readable details for this warning.
          "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The warning type identifier for this warning.
          "data": [ # [Output Only] Metadata for this warning in key: value format.
            {
              "value": "A String", # [Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.
              "key": "A String", # [Output Only] A key for the warning data.
            },
          ],
        },
      },
    },
    "kind": "compute#instanceAggregatedList", # [Output Only] Type of resource. Always compute#instanceAggregatedList for aggregated lists of Instance resources.
    "id": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
    "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server defined URL for this resource.
  }</pre>
</div>

<div class="method">
    <code class="details" id="aggregatedList_next">aggregatedList_next(previous_request, previous_response)</code>
  <pre>Retrieves the next page of results.

Args:
  previous_request: The request for the previous page. (required)
  previous_response: The response from the request for the previous page. (required)

Returns:
  A request object that you can call 'execute()' on to request the next
  page. Returns None if there are no more items in the collection.
    </pre>
</div>

<div class="method">
    <code class="details" id="attachDisk">attachDisk(project, zone, instance, body)</code>
  <pre>Attaches a Disk resource to an instance.

Args:
  project: string, Project ID for this request. (required)
  zone: string, The name of the zone for this request. (required)
  instance: string, Instance name. (required)
  body: object, The request body. (required)
    The object takes the form of:

{ # An instance-attached disk resource.
  "deviceName": "A String", # Specifies a unique device name of your choice that is reflected into the /dev/ tree of a Linux operating system running within the instance. This name can be used to reference the device for mounting, resizing, and so on, from within the instance.
      # 
      # If not specified, the server chooses a default device name to apply to this disk, in the form persistent-disks-x, where x is a number assigned by Google Compute Engine. This field is only applicable for persistent disks.
  "kind": "compute#attachedDisk", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#attachedDisk for attached disks.
  "initializeParams": { # [Input Only] Specifies the parameters for a new disk that will be created alongside the new instance. Use initialization parameters to create boot disks or local SSDs attached to the new instance. # [Input Only] Specifies the parameters for a new disk that will be created alongside the new instance. Use initialization parameters to create boot disks or local SSDs attached to the new instance.
      # 
      # This property is mutually exclusive with the source property; you can only define one or the other, but not both.
      #
      # This property is mutually exclusive with the source property; you can only define one or the other, but not both.
    "diskSizeGb": "A String", # Specifies the size of the disk in base-2 GB.
    "diskName": "A String", # Specifies the disk name. If not specified, the default is to use the name of the instance.
    "sourceImage": "A String", # A source image used to create the disk. You can provide a private (custom) image, and Compute Engine will use the corresponding image from your project. For example:
        #
        # global/images/my-private-image
        #
        # Or you can provide an image from a publicly-available project. For example, to use a Debian image from the debian-cloud project, make sure to include the project in the URL:
        #
        # projects/debian-cloud/global/images/debian-7-wheezy-vYYYYMMDD
        #
        # where vYYYYMMDD is the image version. The fully-qualified URL will also work in both cases.
    "diskType": "A String", # Specifies the disk type to use to create the instance. If not specified, the default is pd-standard, specified using the full URL. For example:
        #
        # https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/zones/zone/diskTypes/pd-standard
        #
        # Other values include pd-ssd and local-ssd. If you define this field, you can provide either the full or partial URL. For example, the following are valid values:
        # - https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/zones/zone/diskTypes/diskType
        # - projects/project/zones/zone/diskTypes/diskType
        # - zones/zone/diskTypes/diskType
  },
  "autoDelete": True or False, # Specifies whether the disk will be auto-deleted when the instance is deleted (but not when the disk is detached from the instance).
  "index": 42, # Assigns a zero-based index to this disk, where 0 is reserved for the boot disk. For example, if you have many disks attached to an instance, each disk would have a unique index number. If not specified, the server will choose an appropriate value.
  "boot": True or False, # Indicates that this is a boot disk. The virtual machine will use the first partition of the disk for its root filesystem.
  "licenses": [ # [Output Only] Any valid publicly visible licenses.
    "A String",
  ],
  "mode": "A String", # The mode in which to attach this disk, either READ_WRITE or READ_ONLY. If not specified, the default is to attach the disk in READ_WRITE mode.
  "interface": "A String",
  "type": "A String", # Specifies the type of the disk, either SCRATCH or PERSISTENT. If not specified, the default is PERSISTENT.
  "source": "A String", # Specifies a valid partial or full URL to an existing Persistent Disk resource. This field is only applicable for persistent disks.
}


Returns:
  An object of the form:

    { # An operation resource, used to manage asynchronous API requests.
    "targetId": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique target ID which identifies a particular incarnation of the target.
    "clientOperationId": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional identifier specified by the client when the mutation was initiated. Must be unique for all operation resources in the project
    "creationTimestamp": "A String", # [Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
    "id": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
    "zone": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the zone where the operation resides.
    "operationType": "A String", # [Output Only] Type of the operation, such as insert, update, and delete.
    "httpErrorMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as NOT FOUND.
    "progress": 42, # [Output Only] An optional progress indicator that ranges from 0 to 100. There is no requirement that this be linear or support any granularity of operations. This should not be used to guess at when the operation will be complete. This number should be monotonically increasing as the operation progresses.
    "httpErrorStatusCode": 42, # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as 404.
    "statusMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.
    "status": "A String", # [Output Only] Status of the operation. Can be one of the following: PENDING, RUNNING, or DONE.
    "insertTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "warnings": [ # [Output Only] If warning messages are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      {
        "message": "A String", # [Output Only] Optional human-readable details for this warning.
        "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The warning type identifier for this warning.
        "data": [ # [Output Only] Metadata for this warning in key: value format.
          {
            "value": "A String", # [Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.
            "key": "A String", # [Output Only] A key for the warning data.
          },
        ],
      },
    ],
    "user": "A String", # [Output Only] User who requested the operation, for example: user@example.com.
    "startTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "kind": "compute#operation", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#Operation for Operation resources.
    "name": "A String", # [Output Only] Name of the resource.
    "region": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the region where the operation resides. Only applicable for regional resources.
    "error": { # [Output Only] If errors are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      "errors": [ # [Output Only] The array of errors encountered while processing this operation.
        {
          "message": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional, human-readable error message.
          "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The error type identifier for this error.
          "location": "A String", # [Output Only] Indicates the field in the request which caused the error. This property is optional.
        },
      ],
    },
    "endTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was completed. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server defined URL for the resource.
    "targetLink": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the resource the operation is mutating.
  }</pre>
</div>

<div class="method">
    <code class="details" id="delete">delete(project, zone, instance)</code>
  <pre>Deletes the specified Instance resource. For more information, see Shutting down an instance.

Args:
  project: string, Project ID for this request. (required)
  zone: string, The name of the zone for this request. (required)
  instance: string, Name of the instance resource to delete. (required)

Returns:
  An object of the form:

    { # An operation resource, used to manage asynchronous API requests.
    "targetId": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique target ID which identifies a particular incarnation of the target.
    "clientOperationId": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional identifier specified by the client when the mutation was initiated. Must be unique for all operation resources in the project
    "creationTimestamp": "A String", # [Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
    "id": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
    "zone": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the zone where the operation resides.
    "operationType": "A String", # [Output Only] Type of the operation, such as insert, update, and delete.
    "httpErrorMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as NOT FOUND.
    "progress": 42, # [Output Only] An optional progress indicator that ranges from 0 to 100. There is no requirement that this be linear or support any granularity of operations. This should not be used to guess at when the operation will be complete. This number should be monotonically increasing as the operation progresses.
    "httpErrorStatusCode": 42, # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as 404.
    "statusMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.
    "status": "A String", # [Output Only] Status of the operation. Can be one of the following: PENDING, RUNNING, or DONE.
    "insertTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "warnings": [ # [Output Only] If warning messages are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      {
        "message": "A String", # [Output Only] Optional human-readable details for this warning.
        "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The warning type identifier for this warning.
        "data": [ # [Output Only] Metadata for this warning in key: value format.
          {
            "value": "A String", # [Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.
            "key": "A String", # [Output Only] A key for the warning data.
          },
        ],
      },
    ],
    "user": "A String", # [Output Only] User who requested the operation, for example: user@example.com.
    "startTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "kind": "compute#operation", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#Operation for Operation resources.
    "name": "A String", # [Output Only] Name of the resource.
    "region": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the region where the operation resides. Only applicable for regional resources.
    "error": { # [Output Only] If errors are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      "errors": [ # [Output Only] The array of errors encountered while processing this operation.
        {
          "message": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional, human-readable error message.
          "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The error type identifier for this error.
          "location": "A String", # [Output Only] Indicates the field in the request which caused the error. This property is optional.
        },
      ],
    },
    "endTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was completed. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server defined URL for the resource.
    "targetLink": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the resource the operation is mutating.
  }</pre>
</div>

<div class="method">
    <code class="details" id="deleteAccessConfig">deleteAccessConfig(project, zone, instance, accessConfig, networkInterface)</code>
  <pre>Deletes an access config from an instance's network interface.

Args:
  project: string, Project ID for this request. (required)
  zone: string, The name of the zone for this request. (required)
  instance: string, The instance name for this request. (required)
  accessConfig: string, The name of the access config to delete. (required)
  networkInterface: string, The name of the network interface. (required)

Returns:
  An object of the form:

    { # An operation resource, used to manage asynchronous API requests.
    "targetId": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique target ID which identifies a particular incarnation of the target.
    "clientOperationId": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional identifier specified by the client when the mutation was initiated. Must be unique for all operation resources in the project
    "creationTimestamp": "A String", # [Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
    "id": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
    "zone": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the zone where the operation resides.
    "operationType": "A String", # [Output Only] Type of the operation, such as insert, update, and delete.
    "httpErrorMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as NOT FOUND.
    "progress": 42, # [Output Only] An optional progress indicator that ranges from 0 to 100. There is no requirement that this be linear or support any granularity of operations. This should not be used to guess at when the operation will be complete. This number should be monotonically increasing as the operation progresses.
    "httpErrorStatusCode": 42, # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as 404.
    "statusMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.
    "status": "A String", # [Output Only] Status of the operation. Can be one of the following: PENDING, RUNNING, or DONE.
    "insertTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "warnings": [ # [Output Only] If warning messages are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      {
        "message": "A String", # [Output Only] Optional human-readable details for this warning.
        "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The warning type identifier for this warning.
        "data": [ # [Output Only] Metadata for this warning in key: value format.
          {
            "value": "A String", # [Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.
            "key": "A String", # [Output Only] A key for the warning data.
          },
        ],
      },
    ],
    "user": "A String", # [Output Only] User who requested the operation, for example: user@example.com.
    "startTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "kind": "compute#operation", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#Operation for Operation resources.
    "name": "A String", # [Output Only] Name of the resource.
    "region": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the region where the operation resides. Only applicable for regional resources.
    "error": { # [Output Only] If errors are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      "errors": [ # [Output Only] The array of errors encountered while processing this operation.
        {
          "message": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional, human-readable error message.
          "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The error type identifier for this error.
          "location": "A String", # [Output Only] Indicates the field in the request which caused the error. This property is optional.
        },
      ],
    },
    "endTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was completed. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server defined URL for the resource.
    "targetLink": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the resource the operation is mutating.
  }</pre>
</div>

<div class="method">
    <code class="details" id="detachDisk">detachDisk(project, zone, instance, deviceName)</code>
  <pre>Detaches a disk from an instance.

Args:
  project: string, Project ID for this request. (required)
  zone: string, The name of the zone for this request. (required)
  instance: string, Instance name. (required)
  deviceName: string, Disk device name to detach. (required)

Returns:
  An object of the form:

    { # An operation resource, used to manage asynchronous API requests.
    "targetId": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique target ID which identifies a particular incarnation of the target.
    "clientOperationId": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional identifier specified by the client when the mutation was initiated. Must be unique for all operation resources in the project
    "creationTimestamp": "A String", # [Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
    "id": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
    "zone": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the zone where the operation resides.
    "operationType": "A String", # [Output Only] Type of the operation, such as insert, update, and delete.
    "httpErrorMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as NOT FOUND.
    "progress": 42, # [Output Only] An optional progress indicator that ranges from 0 to 100. There is no requirement that this be linear or support any granularity of operations. This should not be used to guess at when the operation will be complete. This number should be monotonically increasing as the operation progresses.
    "httpErrorStatusCode": 42, # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as 404.
    "statusMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.
    "status": "A String", # [Output Only] Status of the operation. Can be one of the following: PENDING, RUNNING, or DONE.
    "insertTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "warnings": [ # [Output Only] If warning messages are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      {
        "message": "A String", # [Output Only] Optional human-readable details for this warning.
        "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The warning type identifier for this warning.
        "data": [ # [Output Only] Metadata for this warning in key: value format.
          {
            "value": "A String", # [Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.
            "key": "A String", # [Output Only] A key for the warning data.
          },
        ],
      },
    ],
    "user": "A String", # [Output Only] User who requested the operation, for example: user@example.com.
    "startTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "kind": "compute#operation", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#Operation for Operation resources.
    "name": "A String", # [Output Only] Name of the resource.
    "region": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the region where the operation resides. Only applicable for regional resources.
    "error": { # [Output Only] If errors are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      "errors": [ # [Output Only] The array of errors encountered while processing this operation.
        {
          "message": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional, human-readable error message.
          "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The error type identifier for this error.
          "location": "A String", # [Output Only] Indicates the field in the request which caused the error. This property is optional.
        },
      ],
    },
    "endTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was completed. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server defined URL for the resource.
    "targetLink": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the resource the operation is mutating.
  }</pre>
</div>

<div class="method">
    <code class="details" id="get">get(project, zone, instance)</code>
  <pre>Returns the specified instance resource.

Args:
  project: string, Project ID for this request. (required)
  zone: string, The name of the The name of the zone for this request.. (required)
  instance: string, Name of the instance resource to return. (required)

Returns:
  An object of the form:

    { # An Instance resource.
    "status": "A String", # [Output Only] The status of the instance. One of the following values: PROVISIONING, STAGING, RUNNING, STOPPING, STOPPED, TERMINATED.
    "kind": "compute#instance", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#instance for instances.
    "canIpForward": True or False, # Allows this instance to send and receive packets with non-matching destination or source IPs. This is required if you plan to use this instance to forward routes. For more information, see Enabling IP Forwarding.
    "description": "A String", # An optional textual description of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created.
    "zone": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the zone where the instance resides.
    "tags": { # A set of instance tags. # A list of tags to appy to this instance. Tags are used to identify valid sources or targets for network firewalls and are specified by the client during instance creation. The tags can be later modified by the setTags method. Each tag within the list must comply with RFC1035.
      "items": [ # An array of tags. Each tag must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035.
        "A String",
      ],
      "fingerprint": "A String", # Specifies a fingerprint for this request, which is essentially a hash of the metadata's contents and used for optimistic locking. The fingerprint is initially generated by Compute Engine and changes after every request to modify or update metadata. You must always provide an up-to-date fingerprint hash in order to update or change metadata.
          #
          # To see the latest fingerprint, make get() request to the instance.
    },
    "disks": [ # Array of disks associated with this instance. Persistent disks must be created before you can assign them.
      { # An instance-attached disk resource.
        "deviceName": "A String", # Specifies a unique device name of your choice that is reflected into the /dev/ tree of a Linux operating system running within the instance. This name can be used to reference the device for mounting, resizing, and so on, from within the instance.
            #
            # If not specified, the server chooses a default device name to apply to this disk, in the form persistent-disks-x, where x is a number assigned by Google Compute Engine. This field is only applicable for persistent disks.
        "kind": "compute#attachedDisk", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#attachedDisk for attached disks.
        "initializeParams": { # [Input Only] Specifies the parameters for a new disk that will be created alongside the new instance. Use initialization parameters to create boot disks or local SSDs attached to the new instance. # [Input Only] Specifies the parameters for a new disk that will be created alongside the new instance. Use initialization parameters to create boot disks or local SSDs attached to the new instance.
            #
            # This property is mutually exclusive with the source property; you can only define one or the other, but not both.
            #
            # This property is mutually exclusive with the source property; you can only define one or the other, but not both.
          "diskSizeGb": "A String", # Specifies the size of the disk in base-2 GB.
          "diskName": "A String", # Specifies the disk name. If not specified, the default is to use the name of the instance.
          "sourceImage": "A String", # A source image used to create the disk. You can provide a private (custom) image, and Compute Engine will use the corresponding image from your project. For example:
              #
              # global/images/my-private-image
              #
              # Or you can provide an image from a publicly-available project. For example, to use a Debian image from the debian-cloud project, make sure to include the project in the URL:
              #
              # projects/debian-cloud/global/images/debian-7-wheezy-vYYYYMMDD
              #
              # where vYYYYMMDD is the image version. The fully-qualified URL will also work in both cases.
          "diskType": "A String", # Specifies the disk type to use to create the instance. If not specified, the default is pd-standard, specified using the full URL. For example:
              #
              # https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/zones/zone/diskTypes/pd-standard
              #
              # Other values include pd-ssd and local-ssd. If you define this field, you can provide either the full or partial URL. For example, the following are valid values:
              # - https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/zones/zone/diskTypes/diskType
              # - projects/project/zones/zone/diskTypes/diskType
              # - zones/zone/diskTypes/diskType
        },
        "autoDelete": True or False, # Specifies whether the disk will be auto-deleted when the instance is deleted (but not when the disk is detached from the instance).
        "index": 42, # Assigns a zero-based index to this disk, where 0 is reserved for the boot disk. For example, if you have many disks attached to an instance, each disk would have a unique index number. If not specified, the server will choose an appropriate value.
        "boot": True or False, # Indicates that this is a boot disk. The virtual machine will use the first partition of the disk for its root filesystem.
        "licenses": [ # [Output Only] Any valid publicly visible licenses.
          "A String",
        ],
        "mode": "A String", # The mode in which to attach this disk, either READ_WRITE or READ_ONLY. If not specified, the default is to attach the disk in READ_WRITE mode.
        "interface": "A String",
        "type": "A String", # Specifies the type of the disk, either SCRATCH or PERSISTENT. If not specified, the default is PERSISTENT.
        "source": "A String", # Specifies a valid partial or full URL to an existing Persistent Disk resource. This field is only applicable for persistent disks.
      },
    ],
    "name": "A String", # Name of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035. Specifically, the name must be 1-63 characters long and match the regular expression [a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])? which means the first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following characters must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit, except the last character, which cannot be a dash.
    "statusMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional, human-readable explanation of the status.
    "scheduling": { # Sets the scheduling options for an Instance. # Scheduling options for this instance.
      "automaticRestart": True or False, # Specifies whether the instance should be automatically restarted if it is terminated by Compute Engine (not terminated by a user).
      "onHostMaintenance": "A String", # Defines the maintenance behavior for this instance. The default behavior is MIGRATE. For more information, see Setting maintenance behavior.
    },
    "machineType": "A String", # Full or partial URL of the machine type resource to use for this instance. This is provided by the client when the instance is created. For example, the following is a valid partial url:
        #
        # zones/zone/machineTypes/machine-type
    "serviceAccounts": [ # A list of service accounts, with their specified scopes, authorized for this instance. Service accounts generate access tokens that can be accessed through the metadata server and used to authenticate applications on the instance. See Authenticating from Google Compute Engine for more information.
      { # A service account.
        "scopes": [ # The list of scopes to be made available for this service account.
          "A String",
        ],
        "email": "A String", # Email address of the service account.
      },
    ],
    "networkInterfaces": [ # An array of configurations for this interface. This specifies how this interface is configured to interact with other network services, such as connecting to the internet.
      { # A network interface resource attached to an instance.
        "accessConfigs": [ # An array of configurations for this interface. Currently, <codeONE_TO_ONE_NAT is the only access config supported. If there are no accessConfigs specified, then this instance will have no external internet access.
          { # An access configuration attached to an instance's network interface.
            "kind": "compute#accessConfig", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#accessConfig for access configs.
            "type": "ONE_TO_ONE_NAT", # The type of configuration. The default and only option is ONE_TO_ONE_NAT.
            "name": "A String", # Name of this access configuration.
            "natIP": "A String", # An external IP address associated with this instance. Specify an unused static external IP address available to the project or leave this field undefined to use an IP from a shared ephemeral IP address pool. If you specify a static external IP address, it must live in the same region as the zone of the instance.
          },
        ],
        "networkIP": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional IPV4 internal network address assigned to the instance for this network interface.
        "name": "A String", # [Output Only] The name of the network interface, generated by the server. For network devices, these are eth0, eth1, etc.
        "network": "A String", # URL of the network resource for this instance. This is required for creating an instance but optional when creating a firewall rule. If not specified when creating a firewall rule, the default network is used:
            #
            # global/networks/default
            #
            # If you specify this property, you can specify the network as a full or partial URL. For example, the following are all valid URLs:
            # - https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/global/networks/network
            # - projects/project/global/networks/network
            # - global/networks/default
      },
    ],
    "creationTimestamp": "A String", # [Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
    "id": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
    "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server defined URL for this resource.
    "metadata": { # A metadata key/value entry. # The metadata key/value pairs assigned to this instance. This includes custom metadata and predefined keys.
      "items": [ # Array of key/value pairs. The total size of all keys and values must be less than 512 KB.
        {
          "value": "A String", # Value for the metadata entry. These are free-form strings, and only have meaning as interpreted by the image running in the instance. The only restriction placed on values is that their size must be less than or equal to 32768 bytes.
          "key": "A String", # Key for the metadata entry. Keys must conform to the following regexp: [a-zA-Z0-9-_]+, and be less than 128 bytes in length. This is reflected as part of a URL in the metadata server. Additionally, to avoid ambiguity, keys must not conflict with any other metadata keys for the project.
        },
      ],
      "kind": "compute#metadata", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#metadata for metadata.
      "fingerprint": "A String", # Specifies a fingerprint for this request, which is essentially a hash of the metadata's contents and used for optimistic locking. The fingerprint is initially generated by Compute Engine and changes after every request to modify or update metadata. You must always provide an up-to-date fingerprint hash in order to update or change metadata.
    },
  }</pre>
</div>

<div class="method">
    <code class="details" id="getSerialPortOutput">getSerialPortOutput(project, zone, instance)</code>
  <pre>Returns the specified instance's serial port output.

Args:
  project: string, Project ID for this request. (required)
  zone: string, The name of the zone for this request. (required)
  instance: string, Name of the instance scoping this request. (required)

Returns:
  An object of the form:

    { # An instance's serial console output.
    "kind": "compute#serialPortOutput", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#serialPortOutput for serial port output.
    "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server defined URL for the resource.
    "contents": "A String", # [Output Only] The contents of the console output.
  }</pre>
</div>

<div class="method">
    <code class="details" id="insert">insert(project, zone, body)</code>
  <pre>Creates an instance resource in the specified project using the data included in the request.

Args:
  project: string, Project ID for this request. (required)
  zone: string, The name of the zone for this request. (required)
  body: object, The request body. (required)
    The object takes the form of:

{ # An Instance resource.
  "status": "A String", # [Output Only] The status of the instance. One of the following values: PROVISIONING, STAGING, RUNNING, STOPPING, STOPPED, TERMINATED.
  "kind": "compute#instance", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#instance for instances.
  "canIpForward": True or False, # Allows this instance to send and receive packets with non-matching destination or source IPs. This is required if you plan to use this instance to forward routes. For more information, see Enabling IP Forwarding.
  "description": "A String", # An optional textual description of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created.
  "zone": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the zone where the instance resides.
  "tags": { # A set of instance tags. # A list of tags to appy to this instance. Tags are used to identify valid sources or targets for network firewalls and are specified by the client during instance creation. The tags can be later modified by the setTags method. Each tag within the list must comply with RFC1035.
    "items": [ # An array of tags. Each tag must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035.
      "A String",
    ],
    "fingerprint": "A String", # Specifies a fingerprint for this request, which is essentially a hash of the metadata's contents and used for optimistic locking. The fingerprint is initially generated by Compute Engine and changes after every request to modify or update metadata. You must always provide an up-to-date fingerprint hash in order to update or change metadata.
        #
        # To see the latest fingerprint, make get() request to the instance.
  },
  "disks": [ # Array of disks associated with this instance. Persistent disks must be created before you can assign them.
    { # An instance-attached disk resource.
      "deviceName": "A String", # Specifies a unique device name of your choice that is reflected into the /dev/ tree of a Linux operating system running within the instance. This name can be used to reference the device for mounting, resizing, and so on, from within the instance.
          #
          # If not specified, the server chooses a default device name to apply to this disk, in the form persistent-disks-x, where x is a number assigned by Google Compute Engine. This field is only applicable for persistent disks.
      "kind": "compute#attachedDisk", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#attachedDisk for attached disks.
      "initializeParams": { # [Input Only] Specifies the parameters for a new disk that will be created alongside the new instance. Use initialization parameters to create boot disks or local SSDs attached to the new instance. # [Input Only] Specifies the parameters for a new disk that will be created alongside the new instance. Use initialization parameters to create boot disks or local SSDs attached to the new instance.
          #
          # This property is mutually exclusive with the source property; you can only define one or the other, but not both.
          #
          # This property is mutually exclusive with the source property; you can only define one or the other, but not both.
        "diskSizeGb": "A String", # Specifies the size of the disk in base-2 GB.
        "diskName": "A String", # Specifies the disk name. If not specified, the default is to use the name of the instance.
        "sourceImage": "A String", # A source image used to create the disk. You can provide a private (custom) image, and Compute Engine will use the corresponding image from your project. For example:
            #
            # global/images/my-private-image
            #
            # Or you can provide an image from a publicly-available project. For example, to use a Debian image from the debian-cloud project, make sure to include the project in the URL:
            #
            # projects/debian-cloud/global/images/debian-7-wheezy-vYYYYMMDD
            #
            # where vYYYYMMDD is the image version. The fully-qualified URL will also work in both cases.
        "diskType": "A String", # Specifies the disk type to use to create the instance. If not specified, the default is pd-standard, specified using the full URL. For example:
            #
            # https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/zones/zone/diskTypes/pd-standard
            #
            # Other values include pd-ssd and local-ssd. If you define this field, you can provide either the full or partial URL. For example, the following are valid values:
            # - https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/zones/zone/diskTypes/diskType
            # - projects/project/zones/zone/diskTypes/diskType
            # - zones/zone/diskTypes/diskType
      },
      "autoDelete": True or False, # Specifies whether the disk will be auto-deleted when the instance is deleted (but not when the disk is detached from the instance).
      "index": 42, # Assigns a zero-based index to this disk, where 0 is reserved for the boot disk. For example, if you have many disks attached to an instance, each disk would have a unique index number. If not specified, the server will choose an appropriate value.
      "boot": True or False, # Indicates that this is a boot disk. The virtual machine will use the first partition of the disk for its root filesystem.
      "licenses": [ # [Output Only] Any valid publicly visible licenses.
        "A String",
      ],
      "mode": "A String", # The mode in which to attach this disk, either READ_WRITE or READ_ONLY. If not specified, the default is to attach the disk in READ_WRITE mode.
      "interface": "A String",
      "type": "A String", # Specifies the type of the disk, either SCRATCH or PERSISTENT. If not specified, the default is PERSISTENT.
      "source": "A String", # Specifies a valid partial or full URL to an existing Persistent Disk resource. This field is only applicable for persistent disks.
    },
  ],
  "name": "A String", # Name of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035. Specifically, the name must be 1-63 characters long and match the regular expression [a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])? which means the first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following characters must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit, except the last character, which cannot be a dash.
  "statusMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional, human-readable explanation of the status.
  "scheduling": { # Sets the scheduling options for an Instance. # Scheduling options for this instance.
    "automaticRestart": True or False, # Specifies whether the instance should be automatically restarted if it is terminated by Compute Engine (not terminated by a user).
    "onHostMaintenance": "A String", # Defines the maintenance behavior for this instance. The default behavior is MIGRATE. For more information, see Setting maintenance behavior.
  },
  "machineType": "A String", # Full or partial URL of the machine type resource to use for this instance. This is provided by the client when the instance is created. For example, the following is a valid partial url:
      # 
      # zones/zone/machineTypes/machine-type
  "serviceAccounts": [ # A list of service accounts, with their specified scopes, authorized for this instance. Service accounts generate access tokens that can be accessed through the metadata server and used to authenticate applications on the instance. See Authenticating from Google Compute Engine for more information.
    { # A service account.
      "scopes": [ # The list of scopes to be made available for this service account.
        "A String",
      ],
      "email": "A String", # Email address of the service account.
    },
  ],
  "networkInterfaces": [ # An array of configurations for this interface. This specifies how this interface is configured to interact with other network services, such as connecting to the internet.
    { # A network interface resource attached to an instance.
      "accessConfigs": [ # An array of configurations for this interface. Currently, <codeONE_TO_ONE_NAT is the only access config supported. If there are no accessConfigs specified, then this instance will have no external internet access.
        { # An access configuration attached to an instance's network interface.
          "kind": "compute#accessConfig", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#accessConfig for access configs.
          "type": "ONE_TO_ONE_NAT", # The type of configuration. The default and only option is ONE_TO_ONE_NAT.
          "name": "A String", # Name of this access configuration.
          "natIP": "A String", # An external IP address associated with this instance. Specify an unused static external IP address available to the project or leave this field undefined to use an IP from a shared ephemeral IP address pool. If you specify a static external IP address, it must live in the same region as the zone of the instance.
        },
      ],
      "networkIP": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional IPV4 internal network address assigned to the instance for this network interface.
      "name": "A String", # [Output Only] The name of the network interface, generated by the server. For network devices, these are eth0, eth1, etc.
      "network": "A String", # URL of the network resource for this instance. This is required for creating an instance but optional when creating a firewall rule. If not specified when creating a firewall rule, the default network is used:
          #
          # global/networks/default
          #
          # If you specify this property, you can specify the network as a full or partial URL. For example, the following are all valid URLs:
          # - https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/global/networks/network
          # - projects/project/global/networks/network
          # - global/networks/default
    },
  ],
  "creationTimestamp": "A String", # [Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
  "id": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
  "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server defined URL for this resource.
  "metadata": { # A metadata key/value entry. # The metadata key/value pairs assigned to this instance. This includes custom metadata and predefined keys.
    "items": [ # Array of key/value pairs. The total size of all keys and values must be less than 512 KB.
      {
        "value": "A String", # Value for the metadata entry. These are free-form strings, and only have meaning as interpreted by the image running in the instance. The only restriction placed on values is that their size must be less than or equal to 32768 bytes.
        "key": "A String", # Key for the metadata entry. Keys must conform to the following regexp: [a-zA-Z0-9-_]+, and be less than 128 bytes in length. This is reflected as part of a URL in the metadata server. Additionally, to avoid ambiguity, keys must not conflict with any other metadata keys for the project.
      },
    ],
    "kind": "compute#metadata", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#metadata for metadata.
    "fingerprint": "A String", # Specifies a fingerprint for this request, which is essentially a hash of the metadata's contents and used for optimistic locking. The fingerprint is initially generated by Compute Engine and changes after every request to modify or update metadata. You must always provide an up-to-date fingerprint hash in order to update or change metadata.
  },
}


Returns:
  An object of the form:

    { # An operation resource, used to manage asynchronous API requests.
    "targetId": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique target ID which identifies a particular incarnation of the target.
    "clientOperationId": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional identifier specified by the client when the mutation was initiated. Must be unique for all operation resources in the project
    "creationTimestamp": "A String", # [Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
    "id": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
    "zone": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the zone where the operation resides.
    "operationType": "A String", # [Output Only] Type of the operation, such as insert, update, and delete.
    "httpErrorMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as NOT FOUND.
    "progress": 42, # [Output Only] An optional progress indicator that ranges from 0 to 100. There is no requirement that this be linear or support any granularity of operations. This should not be used to guess at when the operation will be complete. This number should be monotonically increasing as the operation progresses.
    "httpErrorStatusCode": 42, # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as 404.
    "statusMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.
    "status": "A String", # [Output Only] Status of the operation. Can be one of the following: PENDING, RUNNING, or DONE.
    "insertTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "warnings": [ # [Output Only] If warning messages are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      {
        "message": "A String", # [Output Only] Optional human-readable details for this warning.
        "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The warning type identifier for this warning.
        "data": [ # [Output Only] Metadata for this warning in key: value format.
          {
            "value": "A String", # [Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.
            "key": "A String", # [Output Only] A key for the warning data.
          },
        ],
      },
    ],
    "user": "A String", # [Output Only] User who requested the operation, for example: user@example.com.
    "startTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "kind": "compute#operation", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#Operation for Operation resources.
    "name": "A String", # [Output Only] Name of the resource.
    "region": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the region where the operation resides. Only applicable for regional resources.
    "error": { # [Output Only] If errors are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      "errors": [ # [Output Only] The array of errors encountered while processing this operation.
        {
          "message": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional, human-readable error message.
          "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The error type identifier for this error.
          "location": "A String", # [Output Only] Indicates the field in the request which caused the error. This property is optional.
        },
      ],
    },
    "endTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was completed. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server defined URL for the resource.
    "targetLink": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the resource the operation is mutating.
  }</pre>
</div>

<div class="method">
    <code class="details" id="list">list(project, zone, maxResults=None, pageToken=None, filter=None)</code>
  <pre>Retrieves the list of instance resources contained within the specified zone.

Args:
  project: string, Project ID for this request. (required)
  zone: string, The name of the zone for this request. (required)
  maxResults: integer, Optional. Maximum count of results to be returned. Maximum value is 500 and default value is 500.
  pageToken: string, Optional. Tag returned by a previous list request truncated by maxResults. Used to continue a previous list request.
  filter: string, Optional. Filter expression for filtering listed resources.

Returns:
  An object of the form:

    { # Contains a list of instance resources.
    "nextPageToken": "A String", # [Output Only] A token used to continue a truncated list request.
    "items": [ # [Output Only] A list of Instance resources.
      { # An Instance resource.
        "status": "A String", # [Output Only] The status of the instance. One of the following values: PROVISIONING, STAGING, RUNNING, STOPPING, STOPPED, TERMINATED.
        "kind": "compute#instance", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#instance for instances.
        "canIpForward": True or False, # Allows this instance to send and receive packets with non-matching destination or source IPs. This is required if you plan to use this instance to forward routes. For more information, see Enabling IP Forwarding.
        "description": "A String", # An optional textual description of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created.
        "zone": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the zone where the instance resides.
        "tags": { # A set of instance tags. # A list of tags to appy to this instance. Tags are used to identify valid sources or targets for network firewalls and are specified by the client during instance creation. The tags can be later modified by the setTags method. Each tag within the list must comply with RFC1035.
          "items": [ # An array of tags. Each tag must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035.
            "A String",
          ],
          "fingerprint": "A String", # Specifies a fingerprint for this request, which is essentially a hash of the metadata's contents and used for optimistic locking. The fingerprint is initially generated by Compute Engine and changes after every request to modify or update metadata. You must always provide an up-to-date fingerprint hash in order to update or change metadata.
              #
              # To see the latest fingerprint, make get() request to the instance.
        },
        "disks": [ # Array of disks associated with this instance. Persistent disks must be created before you can assign them.
          { # An instance-attached disk resource.
            "deviceName": "A String", # Specifies a unique device name of your choice that is reflected into the /dev/ tree of a Linux operating system running within the instance. This name can be used to reference the device for mounting, resizing, and so on, from within the instance.
                #
                # If not specified, the server chooses a default device name to apply to this disk, in the form persistent-disks-x, where x is a number assigned by Google Compute Engine. This field is only applicable for persistent disks.
            "kind": "compute#attachedDisk", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#attachedDisk for attached disks.
            "initializeParams": { # [Input Only] Specifies the parameters for a new disk that will be created alongside the new instance. Use initialization parameters to create boot disks or local SSDs attached to the new instance. # [Input Only] Specifies the parameters for a new disk that will be created alongside the new instance. Use initialization parameters to create boot disks or local SSDs attached to the new instance.
                #
                # This property is mutually exclusive with the source property; you can only define one or the other, but not both.
                #
                # This property is mutually exclusive with the source property; you can only define one or the other, but not both.
              "diskSizeGb": "A String", # Specifies the size of the disk in base-2 GB.
              "diskName": "A String", # Specifies the disk name. If not specified, the default is to use the name of the instance.
              "sourceImage": "A String", # A source image used to create the disk. You can provide a private (custom) image, and Compute Engine will use the corresponding image from your project. For example:
                  #
                  # global/images/my-private-image
                  #
                  # Or you can provide an image from a publicly-available project. For example, to use a Debian image from the debian-cloud project, make sure to include the project in the URL:
                  #
                  # projects/debian-cloud/global/images/debian-7-wheezy-vYYYYMMDD
                  #
                  # where vYYYYMMDD is the image version. The fully-qualified URL will also work in both cases.
              "diskType": "A String", # Specifies the disk type to use to create the instance. If not specified, the default is pd-standard, specified using the full URL. For example:
                  #
                  # https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/zones/zone/diskTypes/pd-standard
                  #
                  # Other values include pd-ssd and local-ssd. If you define this field, you can provide either the full or partial URL. For example, the following are valid values:
                  # - https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/zones/zone/diskTypes/diskType
                  # - projects/project/zones/zone/diskTypes/diskType
                  # - zones/zone/diskTypes/diskType
            },
            "autoDelete": True or False, # Specifies whether the disk will be auto-deleted when the instance is deleted (but not when the disk is detached from the instance).
            "index": 42, # Assigns a zero-based index to this disk, where 0 is reserved for the boot disk. For example, if you have many disks attached to an instance, each disk would have a unique index number. If not specified, the server will choose an appropriate value.
            "boot": True or False, # Indicates that this is a boot disk. The virtual machine will use the first partition of the disk for its root filesystem.
            "licenses": [ # [Output Only] Any valid publicly visible licenses.
              "A String",
            ],
            "mode": "A String", # The mode in which to attach this disk, either READ_WRITE or READ_ONLY. If not specified, the default is to attach the disk in READ_WRITE mode.
            "interface": "A String",
            "type": "A String", # Specifies the type of the disk, either SCRATCH or PERSISTENT. If not specified, the default is PERSISTENT.
            "source": "A String", # Specifies a valid partial or full URL to an existing Persistent Disk resource. This field is only applicable for persistent disks.
          },
        ],
        "name": "A String", # Name of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035. Specifically, the name must be 1-63 characters long and match the regular expression [a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])? which means the first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following characters must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit, except the last character, which cannot be a dash.
        "statusMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional, human-readable explanation of the status.
        "scheduling": { # Sets the scheduling options for an Instance. # Scheduling options for this instance.
          "automaticRestart": True or False, # Specifies whether the instance should be automatically restarted if it is terminated by Compute Engine (not terminated by a user).
          "onHostMaintenance": "A String", # Defines the maintenance behavior for this instance. The default behavior is MIGRATE. For more information, see Setting maintenance behavior.
        },
        "machineType": "A String", # Full or partial URL of the machine type resource to use for this instance. This is provided by the client when the instance is created. For example, the following is a valid partial url:
            #
            # zones/zone/machineTypes/machine-type
        "serviceAccounts": [ # A list of service accounts, with their specified scopes, authorized for this instance. Service accounts generate access tokens that can be accessed through the metadata server and used to authenticate applications on the instance. See Authenticating from Google Compute Engine for more information.
          { # A service account.
            "scopes": [ # The list of scopes to be made available for this service account.
              "A String",
            ],
            "email": "A String", # Email address of the service account.
          },
        ],
        "networkInterfaces": [ # An array of configurations for this interface. This specifies how this interface is configured to interact with other network services, such as connecting to the internet.
          { # A network interface resource attached to an instance.
            "accessConfigs": [ # An array of configurations for this interface. Currently, <codeONE_TO_ONE_NAT is the only access config supported. If there are no accessConfigs specified, then this instance will have no external internet access.
              { # An access configuration attached to an instance's network interface.
                "kind": "compute#accessConfig", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#accessConfig for access configs.
                "type": "ONE_TO_ONE_NAT", # The type of configuration. The default and only option is ONE_TO_ONE_NAT.
                "name": "A String", # Name of this access configuration.
                "natIP": "A String", # An external IP address associated with this instance. Specify an unused static external IP address available to the project or leave this field undefined to use an IP from a shared ephemeral IP address pool. If you specify a static external IP address, it must live in the same region as the zone of the instance.
              },
            ],
            "networkIP": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional IPV4 internal network address assigned to the instance for this network interface.
            "name": "A String", # [Output Only] The name of the network interface, generated by the server. For network devices, these are eth0, eth1, etc.
            "network": "A String", # URL of the network resource for this instance. This is required for creating an instance but optional when creating a firewall rule. If not specified when creating a firewall rule, the default network is used:
                #
                # global/networks/default
                #
                # If you specify this property, you can specify the network as a full or partial URL. For example, the following are all valid URLs:
                # - https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/global/networks/network
                # - projects/project/global/networks/network
                # - global/networks/default
          },
        ],
        "creationTimestamp": "A String", # [Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
        "id": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
        "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server defined URL for this resource.
        "metadata": { # A metadata key/value entry. # The metadata key/value pairs assigned to this instance. This includes custom metadata and predefined keys.
          "items": [ # Array of key/value pairs. The total size of all keys and values must be less than 512 KB.
            {
              "value": "A String", # Value for the metadata entry. These are free-form strings, and only have meaning as interpreted by the image running in the instance. The only restriction placed on values is that their size must be less than or equal to 32768 bytes.
              "key": "A String", # Key for the metadata entry. Keys must conform to the following regexp: [a-zA-Z0-9-_]+, and be less than 128 bytes in length. This is reflected as part of a URL in the metadata server. Additionally, to avoid ambiguity, keys must not conflict with any other metadata keys for the project.
            },
          ],
          "kind": "compute#metadata", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#metadata for metadata.
          "fingerprint": "A String", # Specifies a fingerprint for this request, which is essentially a hash of the metadata's contents and used for optimistic locking. The fingerprint is initially generated by Compute Engine and changes after every request to modify or update metadata. You must always provide an up-to-date fingerprint hash in order to update or change metadata.
        },
      },
    ],
    "kind": "compute#instanceList", # [Output Only] Type of resource. Always compute#instanceList for lists of Instance resources.
    "id": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
    "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server defined URL for this resource.
  }</pre>
</div>

<div class="method">
    <code class="details" id="list_next">list_next(previous_request, previous_response)</code>
  <pre>Retrieves the next page of results.

Args:
  previous_request: The request for the previous page. (required)
  previous_response: The response from the request for the previous page. (required)

Returns:
  A request object that you can call 'execute()' on to request the next
  page. Returns None if there are no more items in the collection.
    </pre>
</div>

<div class="method">
    <code class="details" id="reset">reset(project, zone, instance)</code>
  <pre>Performs a hard reset on the instance.

Args:
  project: string, Project ID for this request. (required)
  zone: string, The name of the zone for this request. (required)
  instance: string, Name of the instance scoping this request. (required)

Returns:
  An object of the form:

    { # An operation resource, used to manage asynchronous API requests.
    "targetId": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique target ID which identifies a particular incarnation of the target.
    "clientOperationId": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional identifier specified by the client when the mutation was initiated. Must be unique for all operation resources in the project
    "creationTimestamp": "A String", # [Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
    "id": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
    "zone": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the zone where the operation resides.
    "operationType": "A String", # [Output Only] Type of the operation, such as insert, update, and delete.
    "httpErrorMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as NOT FOUND.
    "progress": 42, # [Output Only] An optional progress indicator that ranges from 0 to 100. There is no requirement that this be linear or support any granularity of operations. This should not be used to guess at when the operation will be complete. This number should be monotonically increasing as the operation progresses.
    "httpErrorStatusCode": 42, # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as 404.
    "statusMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.
    "status": "A String", # [Output Only] Status of the operation. Can be one of the following: PENDING, RUNNING, or DONE.
    "insertTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "warnings": [ # [Output Only] If warning messages are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      {
        "message": "A String", # [Output Only] Optional human-readable details for this warning.
        "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The warning type identifier for this warning.
        "data": [ # [Output Only] Metadata for this warning in key: value format.
          {
            "value": "A String", # [Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.
            "key": "A String", # [Output Only] A key for the warning data.
          },
        ],
      },
    ],
    "user": "A String", # [Output Only] User who requested the operation, for example: user@example.com.
    "startTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "kind": "compute#operation", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#Operation for Operation resources.
    "name": "A String", # [Output Only] Name of the resource.
    "region": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the region where the operation resides. Only applicable for regional resources.
    "error": { # [Output Only] If errors are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      "errors": [ # [Output Only] The array of errors encountered while processing this operation.
        {
          "message": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional, human-readable error message.
          "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The error type identifier for this error.
          "location": "A String", # [Output Only] Indicates the field in the request which caused the error. This property is optional.
        },
      ],
    },
    "endTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was completed. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server defined URL for the resource.
    "targetLink": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the resource the operation is mutating.
  }</pre>
</div>

<div class="method">
    <code class="details" id="setDiskAutoDelete">setDiskAutoDelete(project, zone, instance, autoDelete, deviceName)</code>
  <pre>Sets the auto-delete flag for a disk attached to an instance.

Args:
  project: string, Project ID for this request. (required)
  zone: string, The name of the zone for this request. (required)
  instance: string, The instance name. (required)
  autoDelete: boolean, Whether to auto-delete the disk when the instance is deleted. (required)
  deviceName: string, The device name of the disk to modify. (required)

Returns:
  An object of the form:

    { # An operation resource, used to manage asynchronous API requests.
    "targetId": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique target ID which identifies a particular incarnation of the target.
    "clientOperationId": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional identifier specified by the client when the mutation was initiated. Must be unique for all operation resources in the project
    "creationTimestamp": "A String", # [Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
    "id": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
    "zone": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the zone where the operation resides.
    "operationType": "A String", # [Output Only] Type of the operation, such as insert, update, and delete.
    "httpErrorMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as NOT FOUND.
    "progress": 42, # [Output Only] An optional progress indicator that ranges from 0 to 100. There is no requirement that this be linear or support any granularity of operations. This should not be used to guess at when the operation will be complete. This number should be monotonically increasing as the operation progresses.
    "httpErrorStatusCode": 42, # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as 404.
    "statusMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.
    "status": "A String", # [Output Only] Status of the operation. Can be one of the following: PENDING, RUNNING, or DONE.
    "insertTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "warnings": [ # [Output Only] If warning messages are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      {
        "message": "A String", # [Output Only] Optional human-readable details for this warning.
        "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The warning type identifier for this warning.
        "data": [ # [Output Only] Metadata for this warning in key: value format.
          {
            "value": "A String", # [Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.
            "key": "A String", # [Output Only] A key for the warning data.
          },
        ],
      },
    ],
    "user": "A String", # [Output Only] User who requested the operation, for example: user@example.com.
    "startTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "kind": "compute#operation", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#Operation for Operation resources.
    "name": "A String", # [Output Only] Name of the resource.
    "region": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the region where the operation resides. Only applicable for regional resources.
    "error": { # [Output Only] If errors are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      "errors": [ # [Output Only] The array of errors encountered while processing this operation.
        {
          "message": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional, human-readable error message.
          "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The error type identifier for this error.
          "location": "A String", # [Output Only] Indicates the field in the request which caused the error. This property is optional.
        },
      ],
    },
    "endTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was completed. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server defined URL for the resource.
    "targetLink": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the resource the operation is mutating.
  }</pre>
</div>

<div class="method">
    <code class="details" id="setMetadata">setMetadata(project, zone, instance, body)</code>
  <pre>Sets metadata for the specified instance to the data included in the request.

Args:
  project: string, Project ID for this request. (required)
  zone: string, The name of the zone for this request. (required)
  instance: string, Name of the instance scoping this request. (required)
  body: object, The request body. (required)
    The object takes the form of:

{ # A metadata key/value entry.
  "items": [ # Array of key/value pairs. The total size of all keys and values must be less than 512 KB.
    {
      "value": "A String", # Value for the metadata entry. These are free-form strings, and only have meaning as interpreted by the image running in the instance. The only restriction placed on values is that their size must be less than or equal to 32768 bytes.
      "key": "A String", # Key for the metadata entry. Keys must conform to the following regexp: [a-zA-Z0-9-_]+, and be less than 128 bytes in length. This is reflected as part of a URL in the metadata server. Additionally, to avoid ambiguity, keys must not conflict with any other metadata keys for the project.
    },
  ],
  "kind": "compute#metadata", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#metadata for metadata.
  "fingerprint": "A String", # Specifies a fingerprint for this request, which is essentially a hash of the metadata's contents and used for optimistic locking. The fingerprint is initially generated by Compute Engine and changes after every request to modify or update metadata. You must always provide an up-to-date fingerprint hash in order to update or change metadata.
}


Returns:
  An object of the form:

    { # An operation resource, used to manage asynchronous API requests.
    "targetId": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique target ID which identifies a particular incarnation of the target.
    "clientOperationId": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional identifier specified by the client when the mutation was initiated. Must be unique for all operation resources in the project
    "creationTimestamp": "A String", # [Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
    "id": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
    "zone": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the zone where the operation resides.
    "operationType": "A String", # [Output Only] Type of the operation, such as insert, update, and delete.
    "httpErrorMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as NOT FOUND.
    "progress": 42, # [Output Only] An optional progress indicator that ranges from 0 to 100. There is no requirement that this be linear or support any granularity of operations. This should not be used to guess at when the operation will be complete. This number should be monotonically increasing as the operation progresses.
    "httpErrorStatusCode": 42, # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as 404.
    "statusMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.
    "status": "A String", # [Output Only] Status of the operation. Can be one of the following: PENDING, RUNNING, or DONE.
    "insertTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "warnings": [ # [Output Only] If warning messages are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      {
        "message": "A String", # [Output Only] Optional human-readable details for this warning.
        "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The warning type identifier for this warning.
        "data": [ # [Output Only] Metadata for this warning in key: value format.
          {
            "value": "A String", # [Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.
            "key": "A String", # [Output Only] A key for the warning data.
          },
        ],
      },
    ],
    "user": "A String", # [Output Only] User who requested the operation, for example: user@example.com.
    "startTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "kind": "compute#operation", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#Operation for Operation resources.
    "name": "A String", # [Output Only] Name of the resource.
    "region": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the region where the operation resides. Only applicable for regional resources.
    "error": { # [Output Only] If errors are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      "errors": [ # [Output Only] The array of errors encountered while processing this operation.
        {
          "message": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional, human-readable error message.
          "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The error type identifier for this error.
          "location": "A String", # [Output Only] Indicates the field in the request which caused the error. This property is optional.
        },
      ],
    },
    "endTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was completed. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server defined URL for the resource.
    "targetLink": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the resource the operation is mutating.
  }</pre>
</div>

<div class="method">
    <code class="details" id="setScheduling">setScheduling(project, zone, instance, body)</code>
  <pre>Sets an instance's scheduling options.

Args:
  project: string, Project ID for this request. (required)
  zone: string, The name of the zone for this request. (required)
  instance: string, Instance name. (required)
  body: object, The request body. (required)
    The object takes the form of:

{ # Sets the scheduling options for an Instance.
  "automaticRestart": True or False, # Specifies whether the instance should be automatically restarted if it is terminated by Compute Engine (not terminated by a user).
  "onHostMaintenance": "A String", # Defines the maintenance behavior for this instance. The default behavior is MIGRATE. For more information, see Setting maintenance behavior.
}


Returns:
  An object of the form:

    { # An operation resource, used to manage asynchronous API requests.
    "targetId": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique target ID which identifies a particular incarnation of the target.
    "clientOperationId": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional identifier specified by the client when the mutation was initiated. Must be unique for all operation resources in the project
    "creationTimestamp": "A String", # [Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
    "id": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
    "zone": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the zone where the operation resides.
    "operationType": "A String", # [Output Only] Type of the operation, such as insert, update, and delete.
    "httpErrorMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as NOT FOUND.
    "progress": 42, # [Output Only] An optional progress indicator that ranges from 0 to 100. There is no requirement that this be linear or support any granularity of operations. This should not be used to guess at when the operation will be complete. This number should be monotonically increasing as the operation progresses.
    "httpErrorStatusCode": 42, # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as 404.
    "statusMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.
    "status": "A String", # [Output Only] Status of the operation. Can be one of the following: PENDING, RUNNING, or DONE.
    "insertTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "warnings": [ # [Output Only] If warning messages are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      {
        "message": "A String", # [Output Only] Optional human-readable details for this warning.
        "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The warning type identifier for this warning.
        "data": [ # [Output Only] Metadata for this warning in key: value format.
          {
            "value": "A String", # [Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.
            "key": "A String", # [Output Only] A key for the warning data.
          },
        ],
      },
    ],
    "user": "A String", # [Output Only] User who requested the operation, for example: user@example.com.
    "startTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "kind": "compute#operation", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#Operation for Operation resources.
    "name": "A String", # [Output Only] Name of the resource.
    "region": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the region where the operation resides. Only applicable for regional resources.
    "error": { # [Output Only] If errors are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      "errors": [ # [Output Only] The array of errors encountered while processing this operation.
        {
          "message": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional, human-readable error message.
          "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The error type identifier for this error.
          "location": "A String", # [Output Only] Indicates the field in the request which caused the error. This property is optional.
        },
      ],
    },
    "endTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was completed. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server defined URL for the resource.
    "targetLink": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the resource the operation is mutating.
  }</pre>
</div>

<div class="method">
    <code class="details" id="setTags">setTags(project, zone, instance, body)</code>
  <pre>Sets tags for the specified instance to the data included in the request.

Args:
  project: string, Project ID for this request. (required)
  zone: string, The name of the zone for this request. (required)
  instance: string, Name of the instance scoping this request. (required)
  body: object, The request body. (required)
    The object takes the form of:

{ # A set of instance tags.
  "items": [ # An array of tags. Each tag must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035.
    "A String",
  ],
  "fingerprint": "A String", # Specifies a fingerprint for this request, which is essentially a hash of the metadata's contents and used for optimistic locking. The fingerprint is initially generated by Compute Engine and changes after every request to modify or update metadata. You must always provide an up-to-date fingerprint hash in order to update or change metadata.
      # 
      # To see the latest fingerprint, make get() request to the instance.
}


Returns:
  An object of the form:

    { # An operation resource, used to manage asynchronous API requests.
    "targetId": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique target ID which identifies a particular incarnation of the target.
    "clientOperationId": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional identifier specified by the client when the mutation was initiated. Must be unique for all operation resources in the project
    "creationTimestamp": "A String", # [Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
    "id": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
    "zone": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the zone where the operation resides.
    "operationType": "A String", # [Output Only] Type of the operation, such as insert, update, and delete.
    "httpErrorMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as NOT FOUND.
    "progress": 42, # [Output Only] An optional progress indicator that ranges from 0 to 100. There is no requirement that this be linear or support any granularity of operations. This should not be used to guess at when the operation will be complete. This number should be monotonically increasing as the operation progresses.
    "httpErrorStatusCode": 42, # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as 404.
    "statusMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.
    "status": "A String", # [Output Only] Status of the operation. Can be one of the following: PENDING, RUNNING, or DONE.
    "insertTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "warnings": [ # [Output Only] If warning messages are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      {
        "message": "A String", # [Output Only] Optional human-readable details for this warning.
        "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The warning type identifier for this warning.
        "data": [ # [Output Only] Metadata for this warning in key: value format.
          {
            "value": "A String", # [Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.
            "key": "A String", # [Output Only] A key for the warning data.
          },
        ],
      },
    ],
    "user": "A String", # [Output Only] User who requested the operation, for example: user@example.com.
    "startTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "kind": "compute#operation", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#Operation for Operation resources.
    "name": "A String", # [Output Only] Name of the resource.
    "region": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the region where the operation resides. Only applicable for regional resources.
    "error": { # [Output Only] If errors are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      "errors": [ # [Output Only] The array of errors encountered while processing this operation.
        {
          "message": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional, human-readable error message.
          "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The error type identifier for this error.
          "location": "A String", # [Output Only] Indicates the field in the request which caused the error. This property is optional.
        },
      ],
    },
    "endTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was completed. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server defined URL for the resource.
    "targetLink": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the resource the operation is mutating.
  }</pre>
</div>

<div class="method">
    <code class="details" id="start">start(project, zone, instance)</code>
  <pre>This method starts an instance that was stopped using the using the instances().stop method. For more information, see Restart an instance.

Args:
  project: string, Project ID for this request. (required)
  zone: string, The name of the zone for this request. (required)
  instance: string, Name of the instance resource to start. (required)

Returns:
  An object of the form:

    { # An operation resource, used to manage asynchronous API requests.
    "targetId": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique target ID which identifies a particular incarnation of the target.
    "clientOperationId": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional identifier specified by the client when the mutation was initiated. Must be unique for all operation resources in the project
    "creationTimestamp": "A String", # [Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
    "id": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
    "zone": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the zone where the operation resides.
    "operationType": "A String", # [Output Only] Type of the operation, such as insert, update, and delete.
    "httpErrorMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as NOT FOUND.
    "progress": 42, # [Output Only] An optional progress indicator that ranges from 0 to 100. There is no requirement that this be linear or support any granularity of operations. This should not be used to guess at when the operation will be complete. This number should be monotonically increasing as the operation progresses.
    "httpErrorStatusCode": 42, # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as 404.
    "statusMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.
    "status": "A String", # [Output Only] Status of the operation. Can be one of the following: PENDING, RUNNING, or DONE.
    "insertTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "warnings": [ # [Output Only] If warning messages are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      {
        "message": "A String", # [Output Only] Optional human-readable details for this warning.
        "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The warning type identifier for this warning.
        "data": [ # [Output Only] Metadata for this warning in key: value format.
          {
            "value": "A String", # [Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.
            "key": "A String", # [Output Only] A key for the warning data.
          },
        ],
      },
    ],
    "user": "A String", # [Output Only] User who requested the operation, for example: user@example.com.
    "startTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "kind": "compute#operation", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#Operation for Operation resources.
    "name": "A String", # [Output Only] Name of the resource.
    "region": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the region where the operation resides. Only applicable for regional resources.
    "error": { # [Output Only] If errors are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      "errors": [ # [Output Only] The array of errors encountered while processing this operation.
        {
          "message": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional, human-readable error message.
          "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The error type identifier for this error.
          "location": "A String", # [Output Only] Indicates the field in the request which caused the error. This property is optional.
        },
      ],
    },
    "endTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was completed. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server defined URL for the resource.
    "targetLink": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the resource the operation is mutating.
  }</pre>
</div>

<div class="method">
    <code class="details" id="stop">stop(project, zone, instance)</code>
  <pre>This method stops a running instance, shutting it down cleanly, and allows you to restart the instance at a later time. Stopped instances do not incur per-minute, virtual machine usage charges while they are stopped, but any resources that the virtual machine is using, such as persistent disks and static IP addresses,will continue to be charged until they are deleted. For more information, see Stopping an instance.

Args:
  project: string, Project ID for this request. (required)
  zone: string, The name of the zone for this request. (required)
  instance: string, Name of the instance resource to start. (required)

Returns:
  An object of the form:

    { # An operation resource, used to manage asynchronous API requests.
    "targetId": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique target ID which identifies a particular incarnation of the target.
    "clientOperationId": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional identifier specified by the client when the mutation was initiated. Must be unique for all operation resources in the project
    "creationTimestamp": "A String", # [Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
    "id": "A String", # [Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
    "zone": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the zone where the operation resides.
    "operationType": "A String", # [Output Only] Type of the operation, such as insert, update, and delete.
    "httpErrorMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as NOT FOUND.
    "progress": 42, # [Output Only] An optional progress indicator that ranges from 0 to 100. There is no requirement that this be linear or support any granularity of operations. This should not be used to guess at when the operation will be complete. This number should be monotonically increasing as the operation progresses.
    "httpErrorStatusCode": 42, # [Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as 404.
    "statusMessage": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.
    "status": "A String", # [Output Only] Status of the operation. Can be one of the following: PENDING, RUNNING, or DONE.
    "insertTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "warnings": [ # [Output Only] If warning messages are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      {
        "message": "A String", # [Output Only] Optional human-readable details for this warning.
        "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The warning type identifier for this warning.
        "data": [ # [Output Only] Metadata for this warning in key: value format.
          {
            "value": "A String", # [Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.
            "key": "A String", # [Output Only] A key for the warning data.
          },
        ],
      },
    ],
    "user": "A String", # [Output Only] User who requested the operation, for example: user@example.com.
    "startTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "kind": "compute#operation", # [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#Operation for Operation resources.
    "name": "A String", # [Output Only] Name of the resource.
    "region": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the region where the operation resides. Only applicable for regional resources.
    "error": { # [Output Only] If errors are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
      "errors": [ # [Output Only] The array of errors encountered while processing this operation.
        {
          "message": "A String", # [Output Only] An optional, human-readable error message.
          "code": "A String", # [Output Only] The error type identifier for this error.
          "location": "A String", # [Output Only] Indicates the field in the request which caused the error. This property is optional.
        },
      ],
    },
    "endTime": "A String", # [Output Only] The time that this operation was completed. This is in RFC3339 text format.
    "selfLink": "A String", # [Output Only] Server defined URL for the resource.
    "targetLink": "A String", # [Output Only] URL of the resource the operation is mutating.
  }</pre>
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